Joe Arpaio, Arizona sheriff famous for his targeting of undocumented immigrants and racial profiling in his county, has filed a lawsuit against the president over his executive order on immigration, arguing it to be unconstitutional and amnesty.
While President Barack Obama issued executive actions that may defer nearly five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, he also issued a "presidential memorandum" aimed towards modernizing and streamlining the country's immigration visa system.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, the 43-year-old Cuban American from Florida, voiced his opposition of the Obama administration's renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, but his sentiments could be related to his generation and a community with a rapidly changing opinion on both country’s policies.
Sen. John McCain announced that he will hold a hearing to investigate the high-profile cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment once he becomes the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Friday regarding the embattled Sony Pictures comedy "The Interview" and Sony's decision to cancel its release after receiving cyber attacks. However, a simple blunder during his speech managed to steal his thunder and cause the Internet to go wild.
New York City Mayor's Bill de Blasio received 85 percent of the Latino vote in his election, but his stock among Latino voters is starting to plummet, according to new poll figures.
White House officials detailed the most significant changes to U.S. and Cuba foreign policy in more than 50 years. During a conference call, a senior administration official acknowledged President Barack Obama's commitment to change policies that was originally viewed as a failure at the expense of advancing interests.
A bill passed by Congress last week and pending signature by President Barack Obama would require states to report the deaths of people of all genders and races held in policy custody.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has criticized the Obama administration's plans to renew diplomatic relations with Cuba, but his sentiments were not shared among millennials and scholars.
On Wednesday, the White House announced in a press release that President Barack Obama granted clemency, consisting of eight commutations and 12 pardons, to 20 prisoners,
The Republican Party's control of the upcoming 114th Congress continued to grow with confirmation results of the last congressional election race in Arizona.
The Governor of New York announced Wednesday during a year-end cabinet meeting the state will prohibit fracking for natural gas, citing unresolved health concerns and questionable economic benefits.
The head of a top federal immigration agency has urged undocumented immigrants to utilize the temporary legal status opportunities provided by President Barack Obama's executive actions.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the state of Arizona from denying immigrants that were granted legal status in 2012 from getting their driver's licenses, according to Reuters.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Sarah Saldaña, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, as the next director the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, whose appointment was met with praise from legal and immigration experts and advocates.
For the first time, young Arizona immigrants known as "dreamers" will be permitted to get driver's licenses now that the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's executive order which blocked young immigrants with legal status from getting a license.
President Obama announced the U.S. will re-establish its diplomatic relations with Cuba, and open economic and travel ties between the two nations after a decades-long embargo.
